Little Richard Quotes

But I'm a rock 'n' roll singer; that's my livelihood, my occupation. 
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But men are so full of greed today, they'll sell anything for a little piece of money. 
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But when I went on the stage to do a show, I would put on makeup because I felt that it enhanced my act; it drew attention to what I was doing. 
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Gay people are the sweetest, kindest, most artistic, warmest and most thoughtful people in the world. And since the beginning of time all they've ever been is kicked. 
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God gives us the ability, but rock 'n' roll was created by men. 
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Greed has taken the whole universe, and nobody is worried about their soul. 
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I did what I felt, and I felt what I did, at all costs. 
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I just want the world to know that God is present, that he's alive for ever more. 
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I let people know that it was all right to do the kinds of things I did. 
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I only wore makeup when I went onstage. 
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I think they saw me as something like a deliverer, a way out. My means of expression, my music, was a way in which a lot of people wished they could express themselves and couldn't. 
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I tried to look presentable for a show, but not for sexual attraction. It was strictly for show business. 
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I try to be a guide for people, to make their darkness bright and to make the pathway light, and never to condemn or control or criticize. 
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I was really kind of shy as a child. But I would do things for attention. 
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I would wear flamboyant clothes and long hair, and most singers at the time didn't. 
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It was a way out of poverty. It was a way to success. It was a way to education. And it was a way to a brighter day for me. 
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Like, my mother would have company over, and I would sing so they'd pay attention to me. 
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Now they have banging guitar and no bass and call it rock, but that's not what I call rock. 
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Rock 'n' roll offered me a platform to speak what I felt. It also offered me a platform to support my mama and my brothers and sisters - twelve children. 
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They shoulda called me Little Cocaine, I was sniffing so much of the stuff! My nose got big enough to back a diesel truck in, unload it, and drive it right out again. 
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When you sit down and think about what rock 'n' roll music really is, then you have to change that question. Played up-tempo, you call it rock 'n' roll; at a regular tempo, you call it rhythm and blues. 
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